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2. With the Anchor Points the individual Waveforms are subdivided into sections. The sec-
tions between Anchor Point A and Anchor Point B of both Waveforms correspond to one
another. I.e. when morphing from one Waveform to the other, it is Section A-B from Wave
1 morphing to section A-B from Wave 2. Consequently (as the Wave is a loop) a second
section, B-A, emerges for both Waveforms, which behave exactly the same way when
morphing (B-A of Wave 1 morphs to B-A of Wave 2).
With the Anchor Points menu, you can apply up to four Anchor Points to individual Waveforms
when morphing.
Anchor Points menu
% Try to always set the Anchor Points to zero crossings, which will give you better results
and enable true spectral morphing.
A Quick Start devoted to Wavemorph can be found in the Getting Started guide, that illus-
trates the Wave morphing from a practical point of view.
The ability to move the Anchor Points has a useful effect on the resulting waveform; it makes
morphing a subtle design tool. The modulation of Transition control through a Macro control
(see section 10.2, "Automation in ABSYNTH 5: Macro
You can, for example, switch easily between two very different waveforms that you want to
use as sound source in an oscillator. There are many more possibilities than simply fading in
and fading out. Both waveforms are mixed in a non-linear way.
As another example, you can also use a Morph Wave in a Waveshaper module.
The Waveshaper module reacts in a very sensitive way to jumps in the waveform (such as
those present in a square wave), morphing enables you to achieve an extensive sound vari-
ance by continuously stretching and compressing – i.e. shifting and distorting those jumps.
Controls") is particularly interesting.
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